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01 May 2013

This is probably the first post you'd see my face much more settled in pictures haha.

Read Part One of my Nose Job / Fat-Grafting - Before surgery pictures, consultation and stating where and what i want to fix!

Read Part Two - Day to Day recovery before stitches removal, and pre-empt you of the bruising and recovery notes ^.^

To keep you reading til the end.. Here's a reminder that the contest to win $5000 CASH PRIZE that DocDoc.com is sponsoring is still on!!!

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For now see the last part of the 3-part video first! =D

Of my recovery, stitch removal and final consultation with my doctor, Dr Lee Seok June from REGEN Medical Group Korea.

Thank you, to DocDoc.com..
Now that i am sharing the last post for this journey.. I realise that i
didn't grow to be less thankful to them. Like you know when you get
used to having something, you just tend to take it for granted. In fact i
grow more and more thankful each day to DocDoc for giving me this
chance to do something for my face to make myself feel even better =D

I think also cox everyday i recover, i look better hahaha. So i feel more thankful that it happened.

And
i am very happy that DocDoc is sponsoring the $5000 cash for my readers
becox everyone will stand a chance to have something so big and
meaningful happen to them lor. Opportunities like these don't come
often. And i'm just happy that at least there's one shot here for my
readers also lah =)

Cox
most of you all have been very encouraging on instagram and on my blog
=') Thank you ah. Of course there are also people who just wanna pull me
down lah but..

If there's one thing i've learnt from this whole episode of doing things to my face..

I'd say it's to believe in myself.

Try
doing something major to your face, something that is
HUGE in your life.. Something that means a lot to you. And then have
people telling you everyday that
you're making a mistake.. That you look bad and ugly after the surgery..
That you look like so-and-so (all happens so, are people you dislike
lolol) and that you are rotten and insecured inside, that's why
you need to fix your face etc etc..

Try going through all that and have to go through recovery at the same time.

And
sometimes they make you doubt yourself and feel self-conscious about
how the people around you think about you. Like one anonymous dude
online ask me how does Josh feel to wake up to his wife looking like a
different person. Crazy. Josh went through the whole thing with me how
can he be shocked. Lol. He see the gradually change and difference from
the recovery what.

Shock also everyday shock a bit only
cox i everyday become a bit more chioer, a bit more chioer lolol.
Kidding lah i don't wanna self-praise too much. All the credit of me
looking better goes to DocDoc.com and REGEN Medical Group Korea. Haha. They made it happen for me, i feel like i am just dazing through a beautiful dream.

So
before i start showing you the Before and After pictures and pictures
of my day to day recovery after removal of stitches.. I just wanna say..
Keep your spirits up, if you're thinking of doing plastic
surgery. It is actually a very easy process, more so if you choose to
keep it within yourself and your circle of friends and family,
especially before the surgery.

On how to handle people
who keep telling you that you don't need this, you sholdn't do it,
you'd regret it etc etc. All you have to remember is.. Number 1, they
are not doctors. Number 2, they are not you and they don't face your
face and body in the mirror everyday, several times a day. Number 3, you
do whatever makes you feel better as long as you KNOW THE LIMIT. I mean
if you're starting to look like a tight overfilled wax face with
constant glaring eyes then you probably might wanna consider stopping
for a while lah =X

Just.. Have better sense of judgement lolol.

But
all i'm saying is.. Believe in yourself. That you can do it.That you
CAN do it! That you can recover well and that you will look better than
before. I think that is the crucial point.

The results
might not turn out to be 100% of what you had in mind but you must
understand that the doctors have tens of years of experience in the
field and they should know better what suits you best and will make you
look best. So give and take a little, so long as it's chioer than
before, i think you're doing good already =D Alright! Picture time =DDD
Omg i very happy when drafting this post.

Cox all the photos no need to photoshop!!! Only need to pull colour to some of it hahah =DDD

Plastic surgery saves me a lot of time spent on photoshopping, that's for sure.

After removal of stitches
(Day 7 after surgery)

*Please
note that my nose is still very swollen and will continue to deswell
until about at least 3 months after surgery, AND will only settle into
its final form in 6 months.

Before
surgery and Day 7 after surgery, removal of stitches. You can notice my
facial contour line has smoothen out from the filling of my own fats.
Temple and under-zygoma filled to make zygoma less obvious. Laugh lines
filled, chin filled to shape for a sharper chin. AND!!! BEST PART, MY
FOREHEAD!!!!!!!!! NO LONGER CAN SEE UNEVEN SUNKEN LINES!!!! =DDDDD

You
can see the nostrils size difference more obviously after the surgery
even though i didn't do anything to my alars this time. The big and
small alars and the alar scar are from my surgery in Thailand earlier
haha =X It looks more obvious after my current surgery cox the nose is
still swollen.

Just
look at those jaws and cheeks that is filled!!!!! FAT-GRAFTING IS
AWESOME IS MAKES YOU LOOK YOUNGER AND FULLER AND CUTER!!!!! =DDD

You
can note that there's no more hump on my nose bridge ^.^ And the nose
bridge has become higher, tip also higher and more defined! =DDD

Softer facial contouring so i don't look so manly anymore =DDD

The
fat-grafting will make the face look swollen and will settle in about 2
weeks from the surgery. So when these pictures are taken i am still
quite swollen one. But it is definitely better than this...

A
bit like a man tyring to act cute with pink polka dot bow and all
hahaha. Then the cheekbone and zygoma soooo obvious and forehead soooo
bumpy!!! Just too manly and tired looking!

Alright! Last one of the before / after side by side ^.^ I am sure you get it already. Hahaha.

After
removal of stitches, we head off to eat!!! Hop into a random chinese
restuarant cox we have been having too much Korean food haha. Josh
photobombing me.

Us four ^.^ Thank you, to the best 3 people who took care of me everyday during this Korea trip ^.^

Their Zha Jiang Mian.

Some
kind of garlic prawn? I was told that i can eat anything after the
surgery leh! Except of course food that i am allergic to. It's very
different from the usual Chinese way of "no prawns, no shellfish, no
sotong" etc haha. So it was quite shiok, i ate anything i want =DDD And
nothing happened.

Sweet
and sour pork!!! Very different from what we have (which is more like
the colour of the prawn above) but taste the same! =D And it's extra
crispy cox it's in strips instead of cubes and chunks.

So i got home and then below are my day-to-day recovery pictures after removal of stitches =)

I
snap these pictures after i come out from the showers, every day haha.
So please try to understand why i never change clothes ah. It's sleeping
clothes and i only change it once every 2-3 weeks =X

On
about Day 4 i put on eye makeup cox i need to shoot for an advert.
Sigh.. NOBODY READ MY DISCLAIMER LINE in the advert that my face and
nose is still very swollen and they're all like "You look better before
surgery", "You look weird now" etc etc. I am sorry but i 100% think i
look better after surgery. Not a single doubt. Lol. Okay maybe i overdo
my eyebrow for that advert hahaha.

With
only eye makeup. I think the face already look so much better lah
please. Forehead and face?!?! Can see not!!! The difference is huge to
me!!! And then chin also sharper.

"People are unforgiving" Lolol.

How! Got slowly become better not?

This
is how my nose look from a higher angle. I freaking love it. Cox
there's a very gradual slope that leads to the tip haha. Not like strong
straight sharp like this. So it's more natural i think! =D

From
this angle also don't look as bad as before hahaha. Before if i snap
picture from this angle, i can just forget about it. I will never post
it cox it'd be too angular already! Now it's softer hor??? =DDD

Btw
although you see my nose in all the pictures but in actual fact,
anytime i can, i keep the nose splint on for about 10 or 11 days in
total. It helps to keep the nose bridge in the center =D

On Day 8 i had to snap pictures for another advert and i still look swollen hahaha.

This
is about day 7. The self-dissolve thread inside the nose. The outside
ones on the columella is removed already ma. And it's healing well as
you can see. Just apply the ointment they give you with cotton bud
everyday. Very easy one. Stitches inside you can just leave it be, and
remove it on the 14th day after surgery but i left it for 1 month and it
all dropped on its own haha.

This
is from Day 8 =D I thought i look quite alright in this picture leh!!
The nose so cute hahaha. WHATWHATWHAT. I GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW
LET ME ENJOY A BIT LAH.

Day 11 i had a photoshoot!

And
this is after i makeup haha. After nose job really more prefer to snap
pictures from side angle. Lolol. It is not going to stay sooooo extra
high forever!!! It will settle after 6 months and it'd still be high but
not so high. So now must milk it. Lolol.

While waiting for shoot to happen.

And then these are the last few days i document. Cox i feel the fat-grafting have settle in mostly liao!

Picture
taken recent with no photoshop on my face =DDD HOW DOES IT LOOK!!!! I
THINK I AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT LAH!!!!! REMEMBER HOW I LOOK BEFORE IN
PICTURES?!

Like this leh!!! Jagged and angular and old and tired =X Lolol.

Now
=DDD After Fat-Grafting and Nose Job =DDD I LOVE IT!!!! Gonna spam more
recent pictures with no photoshop ah please bear with it.

I sent this picture to Michelle and caption it "Angelababy" Lolololol.

And this is how i look 4 months ago =OOOO 走开!!!!!!

And
this is how i look on April 10th at a photoshoot for CLEO magazine
insert for GUESS ^.^ A lot of people say i look Korean / Japanese in
this picture =X Haha. Real one not i ownself say one. People comment
one. Lol. Props to the Koreans for their expertise in cosmetics
procedures!!! If you're keen to find out more about medical tourism in
South Korea, visit THIS PAGE.

I
won't say it's all for vainity although most are =X But back problem is
some serious shit! If you are interested to do any of those but is not
able to proceed due to other commitments, or if you have any other
medical procedures you'd like to do to help yourself / help your loved
ones.. Then you should tell us your story!!!

It
doesn't matter what you want to do.. So long as you have in mind a thing
or two that you'd like to do that can make you feel better, be better,
then you can consider joining the contest DocDoc.com is sponsoring, to win yourself $5000 CASH. All you have to do is to share your story =)

Alright!!!
I wish you goodest luck!!! =DDD The good people at DocDoc will be going
through your stories and I am excited to read them also lah! You have
500 word limit so please don't go "OMG CHOOSE ME I ALSO WANT A NOSE
JOB!!!!!!" and end it there. Lolol. I really can't tell if you are
sincere like that haha =X

Thank
you for going through this with me =) Thank you if you have sent me
nice thoughts during this time. Thank you if you have helped me in one
way or another =) Thank you. I am very happy.

76 comments:

Hi! Why do i feel that your eyes look slightly smaller after your surgery? or is it becos of the swollen part that make them look smaller? And for face grafting, when the docs transfer the fats from thighs, does that mean it will cover your pimples on your face? As in if your face condition is really bad before surgery, fat grafting will help?

Your face looks smaller after surgery!! So chio~ But it seems to me that even though the swelling went away, your forehead seems...bigger or more prominent? Maybe it's the angle. But even though I disagreed with you having plastic surgery, I'm glad you're happy. :)

I like the old you, because you look like European model or runway model. After the surgery you look more like a Korean and is prettier than the old you. I think you made a great decision! :D happy for you

Hi :) Can I ask if what is your nose implant material and is it L shape or I shape? Also will you consider sawing your jawbone since you find it square? I am considering that but it is considered as a dangerous surgery? :(

So pretty!! (You were still pretty before). What I love is your attitude about yourself! You sound so happy and confident :) my question is... 1) around how much did fat grafting and nose job cost?? I didnt see prices on you blog posts~ and 2) if you lose weight from exercise, could you lose the face fat?? Because I run every day, which is why I started to lose face fat.. -anonymous girl#6

So pretty!! (You were still pretty before). What I love is your attitude about yourself! You sound so happy and confident :) my question is... 1) around how much did fat grafting and nose job cost?? I didnt see prices on you blog posts~ and 2) if you lose weight from exercise, could you lose the face fat?? Because I run every day, which is why I started to lose face fat.. -anonymous girl#6

Hi QiuQiu! I wanted to submit my story after reading about your experience, but then I realise that there is an age limit, must be 18 and above, but I'm only 17 this year.. :( An accident due to boiling water left a scar on my foot since primary school and I've been very self-conscious over it even until now. Nonetheless just wanna tell you that you look gorgeous before and after surgery, and I love your cheerful and positive personality! Will continue to read your blog :)

It seem no one has asked this question, what will happen to your face after 3 years since this is not plastic surgery which stay permanent but only fat grating? Will your face go back to the old form which you had earlier? Everybody is either praising or degrading but no one ask what the aftermath after 3 years as fat grating can last for 3 years?

Anon, implant is I. I have always been considering to file off the jaw =X But no guts..

Anon, for prices for REGEN and to compare with other clinics in S.Korea, you can ask DocDoc.com to gather a pricelist for you to compare for the procedures you'd like to do.

Maini.. I am sorry =( And thank you!

Anon, just like my boob filler, after 2 years, it's all back to original form lah. Unless you top up then it'd last longer and longer. Actually if you top up after 6 months, it'd last 5 years even. And if you top up after 3 years, it'd just keep lasting longer.

hey qiuqiu, whatever the naysayers said about your face post-surgery, they are wrong. you were good looking before but you are definitely much prettier after the nose job + fat grafting. excellent decision! I am so happy for you :)

Also really appreciate the effort in posting up your before and after pictures.

Your new face looks so youthful and cute! Nose is amazingly attractive!!! You were always beautiful QQ, but I respect your bravery for going after what you want and sharing your story with us so candidly. I'm happy for you. ^^ The swelling is going to take many more months to go away completely so for those who say your eyes look small or face chubby it is because of the swelling. Once everything heals the features will be refined and you will look absolutely gorgeous. I really want a fat graft done on my forehead! I have a prominent jaw and flat, boney forehead so my face looks unbalanced and profile not so attractive. One day in the future when I have money to spare I will seriously consider it, hehe.

Hi hi Qiu! I couldn't sleep cos this issue is bothering me so I decided to read your blog at this hour. I'm tearring while I read this cos I feel so happy for you, everything went smoothly & you achieved your dream, you look so beautiful now! (not like you weren't before!) You definitely deserve all the love & blessings <3 I've submitted my story & I'm praying hard that I'll get chosen. I don't dare let people see the right side of my face especially, it makes me feel very insecure & awkward, it hurts me and bothers me so much inside. I don't even dare to take side profile pictures anymore. My mom is also upset on what happened upon me. I feel so guilty for what I have done to make her sad. I wish to change things. I wish for her to not worry about how I feel about myself anymore. I really hope you'll read my story & change my life. Just one simple procedure, can change my whole life, for now & my future. Thanks, Qiu <3

Sorry, did I say right side of my face? I meant I feel uncomfortable for people to see the left* side of my face. Sorry my eyes are blurry & I'm tired but I can't sleep cos I'm thinking too much. Have a goodnight, Qiu :)

Waaah you so pretty qiu!!! I always dreamed of having a surgery to my face but im still unable now cos im just a university student.. I think you look very pretty now like an ulzzang!! You look like park sora :) haha forgive me if i tell you about korean stuff i know youre not much interested in it.. Hope someday i can get a surgery for my face also :)

Thanks for blogging out and sharing your experience! So detailed and full of pic of before and after & recovering daily pics. Even though you only had your nose done & fat graft. Not like another blogger who was also sponsored to do her entire face only showed a few pic of her recovery. So what if TNP actually advertised about her surgery. Her blogspot is such a waste of time ain't like yours. Put so much effort!! Jiayou Qiuqiu!! You look so much beautiful now!!

QQ i'm salute with you, and honestly you make me realize that we can get everyting we want in this world, as long as we believe ourself and not listen what negative people saying.just do it.i will try to submit my entry to joining this contest, i want make my teeth better and want have white & smooth skin, hair removal and also want have nice hari. i have messy hair,

Qiuqiu I am from the Hongkong but I really wanna enter. But if I win how does it work ah? You guys have to mail the money overseas right? Then I have to handle the search for the right surgeon process myself is it? Or will docdoc help with that too?

Hi Qiu, is it possible for you to do a tutorial on the eyebrows? I love how you changed the shape from curve to straight and it really looks nicer on the girl in your Makeover! :)many Thanks in advance! You're awesome!:)

you DO look better and younger! I liked your old face, but if plastic surgery improves someone's look I say go for it! :) I'm glad you're happy now. People who say you looked better before the surgery are obviously jealous because you've improved your looks and they are still ugly and sour.

omg qiu your face is so cute and beautiful now! im jealous.. and btw i tried ur "blackhead treatment", (i dun know what to call it) and it worked really well! Im gonna keep doing it and hopefully all my blackheads will be gone evantually! love you qiuqiu, keep on bein an awsome blogger! Hugs

DT, i am happy that there are more nice people like yourself reading me.. =)

Eva, thank you.. I hope that day comes soon for you =))

Raine, submit your story via the contest page. I am sure everyone with a valid good story stands a chance..

Soms, i don't think so leh =X I gave most of the stuff away only kept some masks and lotsa lipstick for myself haha.

Susan Lolo, thank you Susan =)))

Starfire, all you have to do on your part is to submit your story via the contest page. The rest will be taken care of and it's open for worldwide readers.

Angie, i'd do a video tutorial soon okay!!!

Mimi, I still have double eyelid.. I don't know why you would say i have single eyelids haha.

Anon, story is kept anonymous unless of course, if you win.

Manon, it's permanent. It's just now it's still swollen, in about 6 months after the surgery, it'd be less swollen thus less high. That's what i meant.

Anon, 154cm, 36kg sounds okay to me leh!!! Not too skinny lah! Dont listen to those who tells you how you should you feel otherwise about yourself. You feel fat = fat. You feel skinny then eat more. I've been told to be too skinny all my life even till now. BUT NOW I DONT EVEN DARE TO WAVE TOO HARD COX GOT BUTTERFLY FLABS ON ARMS =___=" Other people won't know about these what!

Seriously, fuck the haters! You look absolutely fab with your new look. Super cute nose and a full, youthful face. 'Not like you were unattractive before, though! Kudos for being so brave and sharing this on the Internetzzz

you look so pretty now!! i always have issues with my own body too and you inspired me to face it. plastic surgeries or any kind of procedures require a lot of money and i am glad that there is a chance for me, or at least a hope for me to win this and change something about my life. I wish to win it too and hopefully become as beautiful and contented as you are :)

Hi Qiuqiu, just wondering if the eyebrow embroidery that you did is still there? Because it seems from your other photos that it has faded... Im considering whether to do it or not, dont want to waste money if its going to disappear after a while :/ And you look really pretty with ur new face, especially love the nose, so jealous!

Thanks for sharing! your story is very thorough and i enjoyed reading it. im currently recovering from a nose job i did with a Korean doctor and i cant wait to see the result as i'll be removing the stiches tomorrow. hopefully it'll be as good as yours. take care!! :)

Hi I wish you a speedy recovery. I thought it was quite ironic that you said one should believe in oneself. If you really did believe in yourself, why did you even choose to undergo plastic surgery in the first place? There may be a number of haters who oppose your decision and criticise your new looks or old looks regardless, I would like to say that before you regard me as one of them and dismiss this comment, I am just a concerned reader on how this series of posts seem to be encouraging people to engage in facial reconstructive surgery just because they dislike certain features. I don't think it's wrong to have plastic surgery but I hope that one should at least think through it carefully and not just jump on the bandwagon.

Everyone who has been through plastic surgery emerges prettier than before, yourself included. I know you will not miss those flaws but that was what made you, you. I guess it will take awhile to register your new look but you now seem like another typical "Korean girl". No doubt pretty and flawless. But beautiful is what you are inside and I'm sure you are.

I have to say. I was a skeptic when you wanted to get surgery but i think you look so much better now! no make up also super kewwt! love it! heck the other people. It looks natural also. not like the fake all-korean-girls look the same kind. Jia you!!

Qiu qiu!!! I was a skeptic when you said you wanted surgery...like the big eye dawn yang all-plastic-surgery-end-up-look-the-same kind of look. But I have to say it looks great! You look great. Super cute even without make up, it's natural & you look happy. Disregard others who don't know how to be happy for you. Jia you! -Nic

i think plastic surgery is an individuals own decision. You made the right decision which was for you, cause most people, who comment negatively wont understand your own personal struggles and your own personal reasons for doing it.

Your before face is more sharper I think, the after is more softer looking. Definitely look Korean in some pics. :) and cuter too.

Hi QiuQiu! I think you look quite mature before, but now you are sooo cute! :D Do you think you could give us a side-by-side photo of your face before and after? (like completely after the swelling is gone) A bit hard to see top-and-bottom ^^; Sorry ah!

Hello, allow me to tell you just how much more youthful you're looking now, and I really love your Korean idol look -actually you look much better than most of them, funny how their surgeries can be so extensive yet looking too odd, or just unfortunately not as good (not only celebrities, but our very own local bloggers too of you know who else, i'm sure!)

Wa, and you solved my mystery: I always wonder why I look so harsh and manly in pictures when in person I do think I look damn good (hahahahhaha, just wanna imitate your awesome "thickskiness"!)!

I do agree though that your eyes do look smaller now, especially those other than your close up selca. Pictures and angles can be misleading anyway, so may I know from your mirrors (lol), do you notice the same, that because now that your face is slightly "enlarged" by fat grafting yet no jaw works done, somehow your eyes doesn't look as big with the overall face?

Talk about eyes, can I confirm that you do not wear any circle len, or photoshop them bigger? For I notice your irises look so huge, I wanna have them too! Noticed mine are too small with too much whites showing only just lately, and I'm starting to study people's to see if it's just an asian thing (self comfort, lol), or just an unlucky thing for me!

Okay, I actually rambled too much, or am I just doing some editorial interview?!!

Here is the most important question I have: why is it that you choose fat grafting over filler? I would think fillers are better since there is no post surgery recovery period, and the results won't be permanent as well, just shorter period as compared to fat grafting. I can't imagine myself going through the same procedure like you did, for more than once -the recovery period seems too troublesome, since going to have to do maintanence every now and then, why not fillers.

Hi, Qiu Qiu you probably didn't allow my comment 'cos i mentioned another blogger's name (regarding her nose). I apologize for my lack of tact. Even if you weren't closely acquainted with said person, I should not have dropped any names.

hi Qiuqiu! (: I'm going to Korea in August this year to get double eyelid surgery, lipo on my inner + outer thighs and also fat grafting for my face.

I have the same problem you used to have- my face shape is really angular, and I look really old and masculine because of the bony structure. My relatives and friends always laugh at me because of this. I've been called Moon Face (because my chin is sharp and my face is bony), and some other not so nice terms also... I guess this is really a problem people with such problems understand. ): Every time I smile without teeth, my face stretches and the angular shape becomes more pronounced. I will have lines that make me look even older although I'm only 21 this year. I totally get it when you said the same thing in your video. I hope I can achieve results similar to yours!

Thank you for blogging about your surgery. It's a stepping stone for me- now I can find out what i'd look like post surgery for the first few days, and it seems that, from your posts, I can walk around and probably even do some shopping... Haha. Don't want to waste my time in Korea! :D

Hey, may I know which day do you start putting makeup on? I read from the internet that make-up can be put on after 1 week of nose surgery? I'm getting my hump reduced next week so I'm worried. Thank you!

It's a very successful surgery i have seen, u looks so much prettier and just like the eurasian model which can be seen in VIVI magazine. The most important is it looks super NATURAL! And thx for blogging about ur surgery journey, it's reli useful and informative. Can i ask is there any side effect for ur under butt or the area of ur face for the fat-grafting ? and is it true the nose implant have to take out and redo again after a certain period? How much will it cost in total for the whole surgery including all the travelling fees?

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